2015 – Page 312

Felix Fermin, better known in recent years for heading the Aguilas Cibaenas, has been hired by the Toros del Este as their new manager. The decision was announced to the press at the team offices at the Francisco A. Micheli ballpark in La Romana yesterday, Thursday 5 February 2015. The Toros del Este team president …

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The Gigantes del Cibao playing for the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series qualified for the playoffs with a hit with full bases by Elian Herrera in the ninth inning that decided the game 3-2 against Mexico yesterday, Thursday 5 February 2015. Mexico had won its two previous games. The hit was even more dramatic …

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Scheduled for Sunday, 8 February 2015, the Carrefour 10K marathon will host runners along a course starting and ending at its Duarte Highway hypermarket on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. The run is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility plan. The event is in its third year. The marathon will start and end in …

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An evening of song and comedy at the Barcelo Santo Domingo (former Lina) is on offer tomorrow, Saturday 7 February 2015. Spanish singer-composer Danny Daniel joins Dominican comedian Cuquin Victoria for a night of laughs at the centrally located city hotel. Tickets are RD$3,000, RD$2,500 and RD$1,500. 20% discount for advance purchases by 6 February. …

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A romantic and fun comedy that makes people think is being staged at the Casa de Teatro auditorium in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City at 8:30pm on 12, 13, 14 February 2015. Starring Dalia Castro, Ivan Mejia, Jean Carlos Gutierrez and Brinella Fernandez, the play is by Richardson Diaz, who is also directing the production. For …

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The Ministry of Hacienda and the French Agency for Development (AFD) have agreed on US$210 million in financing for land use organization and urban transport projects in Santo Domingo East. According to Listin Diario, Hacienda Minister Simon Lizardo Mezquita, French Ambassador Blandine Kreiss and AFD director Gilles Genre-Grandpierre signed the agreement in Santo Domingo yesterday, …

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The Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE) has announced it has secured financing for the coal-fired 752-megawatt plants it is backing in Punta Catalina, in the southwestern province of Peravia (Bani). Meanwhile, during the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday, Wednesday 4 February 2015, energy expert Jose Luis Cordeiro described the announced US$2 billion investment in …

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While 5.6 million citizens have now renewed their ID cards, around 1.7 million Dominicans have yet to do so. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced a special plan to reach out to the rest of the population. JCE president Roberto Rosario said that the JCE has data on the areas with the greatest concentration …

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The Ministry of Labor has banned companies from consulting job applicants’ credit history on the grounds that this is discriminatory. The measure is contained in Resolution 02-2015 issued on Tuesday, 3 February 2015. “It will be considered a discriminatory practice for obtaining a job, any consultation of personal data relating to the credit history of …

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The director of the State Sugar Council (CEA), Jose Dominquez Pena, announced a re-launch of the sugar industry yesterday Wednesday 4 February 2015. It hopes to open two small sugar mills in the east and to invest some RD$800 million, possibly as early as this month. Dominguez said that they are considering planting an additional …

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